Smuggler Archive
Thread: A proposal to improve Community Relations for all professions
I have made it a point to read through most of the profession forums. Professions that I count myself a part of and those that I have yet to experience. There seems to be one underlying problem that binds them all. The communications between profession and development team is transparent. We as players can "see" the ideas of our fellow gamers go up before the developers, yet what comes back in return is vague, and unfortunately sporadic. To some, it gives the appearance that our pleas fall on deaf ears. I feel that the key to a better game is through better community relations.
In the Smugglers forum, we have had "State of the Profession" posts, information passed down from our correspondents to the players. Yet, due to the restrictions placed on ourplayer representativesto the developers only bits and pieces can be mentioned. This is not enough to slake the thirst of knowledge. Not enough to convince some that that our ideas have been seen. I can only ponder how frustrating it is for some correspondents to see the great things that are going to happen, yet are unable to pass this down to the general population. They must sit back and watch their friends frustration build, and their anger cultivate into a jaded harvest that is reaped when those people leave the game.
What I amsuggesting is that all professions receive at least a weekly update, a feature as to what development is doing for our specific professions. Something as simple as "Today, we discussed how we would like to implement a new special into {blank} profession. Good ideas were passed around such as {insert ideas here}." Even something trivial such as "Our team is working non-stop on the Combat revamp. Greenmarine has made a wonderful replica of the river walk in San Antonio out of Pepsi cans while trying to figure out......".
The exchanges of ideas and discussion in the Correspondent forums could be posted in this feature, just to let us know some of the responses development has given to our ideas. A separate thread created by the Correspondents for feedback could be made, in which we as players could comment on the feature.
We gamers are not asking for entire completed "this is what will happen" documents before you post to us. We simply would like to see into your world of development. We understand that nothing is certain until it comes freshly patched to us. We know that even then those patches are subject to change. We are only asking to be a part of making this game better, to see visible results that you are listening, and to see how you work.
We as gamers need to understand that development work is work!. Work to make the game we play more enjoyable, and to put food on the table of the dev's families. Sometimes they are limited by situations beyond their control such as NDA's and we need to understand that. We need to realize, that if they agree to this type of open flow communications then it becomes our responsibility to present constructive, positive responses that help rather than impede the creative process. We need to work through our correspondents as constructive gamers rather than flaming mobs if something appears that we do not like.
Things happen in time, and patience is paramount. If we all work together, we can accomplish much. If we squabble among ourselves and with our developers, then we are doomed to stagnation. Progress is moving forward. It is how we move that dictates how fast we will get there.
To those that read this post, I ask that you bring this to the attention of your friends and correspondents. It is only together that we can make this happen. This is our game, lets all work together to make it a little better.
kgmkiorys wrote:
Damn, i wish i could have such a writing talent, beware Dude, we're going to get used to your daily letter
By the way it reaches my proposals in a few threads beyond, and as such i can only fully agree, and of course give you 5 stars
LOL,...its a slow week at work. I am kind of like a maytag repairman. Unless something is broke, I don't have much to do but think
I noticed your last response as well in the previous thread after I had just posted. If we could get more and more people to think like us, these forums would be buzzing. Developers dropping by with a idea, Wes sharing some of the things they are currently hashing out in cor. forums based onour communitiesideas. And when it spreads over all the forums, this game would take a turn onto something epic.
Communications and understanding, you could build great things with these simple tools.
) have resistence to it for 2 reasons:Dat
